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SCENE X.
Calypso, Proteus, Eucharis, and Nymphs.Prot.
Calypso, see where he ascends!
Behold the Pow'r Divine that guards him,
Mentor no more, but great Minerva!
Cal.
aside.]
O hated sight!—
Euch.
O Proteus! what have I endur'd
For scorn of thee?
Prot.
Complain no more; but smile, and make me happy.
Cal.
Robb'd of my Love and my Revenge!
Jove, 'tis thy Will—I'll hence, away,
And give a loose to Frenzy and Despair.
'Tis vain to strive against superior Gods;
Yet shall my Fury blast the tainted Earth,
And split the trembling Rocks around me.
Jove, 'tis thy Will—I'll hence, away,
And give a loose to Frenzy and Despair.
'Tis vain to strive against superior Gods;
Yet shall my Fury blast the tainted Earth,
And split the trembling Rocks around me.
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No longer here shall Nature smile,
Nor Spring perpetual grace my Isle;
Hence all ye flatt'ring Pleasures, fly!
Eternal Gloom blot out the Day!
Fade ev'ry Flow'r! each Tree decay!—
O that Calypso too cou'd dye!
Nor Spring perpetual grace my Isle;
Hence all ye flatt'ring Pleasures, fly!
Eternal Gloom blot out the Day!
Fade ev'ry Flow'r! each Tree decay!—
O that Calypso too cou'd dye!
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